ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,792, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE PLC (London).
"Current limiting diode" was invented by David R Trainer (Derby, Great Britain), Francisco Javier Chivite Zabalza (Stafford, Great Britain), Mark Sweet (Chesterfield, Great Britain) and Gian Incerpi (Buckingham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a current limiting diode comprising a gate, a source, and a drain electrically connected to the source by an n-channel or p-channel; wherein the source and the gate are electrically connected by a fill structure comprising a phase-change fill material, and wherein the phase-change fill material is c...